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Um, Mazdaspeed AZ-1 A-Spec Touring Kit.
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Voicing my opinion on the SS40 Cervo and Mighty Boy got me looking into later versions I hadn't heard about. Enter the 3rd gen 'Airbrick'/'side alley beauty':
Giving the original coupé van-like qualities transformed it into some kind of bizarre shooting brake kei. Available with 4WD and one of the very first to utilise electric power steering, plus a partial glass roof that gave the windscreen an extended appearance. This generation only lasted two-and-a-bit years and Suzuki didn't shift many units during that time. Likely due to the Marmite styling, increased cost of tax on certain vehicles* and liberal use of "Spicy" in their marketing campaign.
*As far as I can gather, the flat folding rear bench gave it a cargo capacity that met certain commercial vehicle standards and the extra tax breaks they received originally meant buyers could get a car with extra carrying space for a price close to that of a regular 3-door kei hatchback.
Giving the original coupé van-like qualities transformed it into some kind of bizarre shooting brake kei. Available with 4WD and one of the very first to utilise electric power steering, plus a partial glass roof that gave the windscreen an extended appearance. This generation only lasted two-and-a-bit years and Suzuki didn't shift many units during that time. Likely due to the Marmite styling, increased cost of tax on certain vehicles* and liberal use of "Spicy" in their marketing campaign.
*As far as I can gather, the flat folding rear bench gave it a cargo capacity that met certain commercial vehicle standards and the extra tax breaks they received originally meant buyers could get a car with extra carrying space for a price close to that of a regular 3-door kei hatchback.
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A little Honda N-One racing, anyone?
Other kei race cars are available:
Amused that the Caterham Seven 160 is included there. Not really a kei car in anything but its engine, but I believe Caterham has special dispensation to sell it as one in Japan. Suspect other keis would have to be quite highly tuned before they match its performance.
Other kei race cars are available:
Amused that the Caterham Seven 160 is included there. Not really a kei car in anything but its engine, but I believe Caterham has special dispensation to sell it as one in Japan. Suspect other keis would have to be quite highly tuned before they match its performance.
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The white Cappuccino looks like the Touring Car from GT6.
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It's a neat little thing, but I bet the bodykit fits even worse in person than it looks like it fits in some grainy photos...
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Neither of those are the Suzuki Ignis.
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It's a Daihatsu Move. My post now reflects what I meant.
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How has no one posted a Honda S660 yet? 
Got to see one in person last year when I went to the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.
As well as the N-One.
Got to see one in person last year when I went to the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.
As well as the N-One.
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To add about museums, if anyone is in Germany, a Mazda museum just opened there.How has no one posted a Honda S660 yet?
As well as the N-One.
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